Greg,
Wow, great photos of the gathering! I'm glad someone got off a few shots. These photos even captured the colors perfectly; nice shooting, Greg.
Next time I ride this baby, I'll fit seat belts to her. The ride is similar to a mechanical bull; and every second on this bad boy is a struggle. I may go for the Ben-Hur style hub covers for the next go-'round just to make it more interesting. I could ride thru downtown opening up door panels on BMW's like they were sardine cans! And don't anyone else screw with me or I'll hook ya!
Got lots of comments from riders behind me about how contorted my rear wheels become as I ride. My reply to that after saying "thanks for telling me "THAT" is, "the English really knew what they were doing when they put the two wheels behind you; if you saw what they were doing while you were riding, you'd probably jump off the bike!" One would also think that when one was just riding slow and confortable on a smooth flat street it would be easy to sit up like on your single bike and stretch your back or whatever. No way, Jack! I sat up for just a second to take a break and instantly the front wheel went bizerk and dove into such a violent speed wobble (even though I was probably doing 10 mph) that it scared Howard half to death as he rode beside me. I grabbed the bars as quickly as I'd let them go and with the grace of God, she didn't pitch me into the gutter. I swear, riding a trike is like a fight with an adversary compared to riding a single which is a marvelous union of man and machine. Even a tandem is much easier. Howard LaGrange was somewhat impressed by how I took charge of this cantankerous mount on account of he has "sampled" how a trike rides(?) in the past. Turns out someone he knew had a (now get THIS!!!) RENE HERSE trike! Are you kidding?? Heck no, apparently there was one in San Diego in the past. The BIG question is...... is she still here? Call out the hounds, alert the National Guard, Sound all sirens and alarms. We MUST, I repeat, MUST find her. Or at least have proof of her final remains, at which point a proper burial should be administered. Has anyone trained their dog to sniff out Rene Herse frames? Doug, Mike, Grant, ....someone with a nose for the French exotica.
If I had the money I'd hire a private detective to track her down; maybe I could hire Duckman and Cornfed to find her. Maybe our buddy will luck into it at the Salvation Army and fork over $10 for it! Would REALLY like to see the Rene Herse interpetation of the racing trike. OK everyone, fan out and leave no stone unturned! Bring her back dead or alive. Got your ears on, Howard?
Thanks again to Greg Fletcher for the great photos of our event. Isn't the internet grand. A bunch of jabonies (that's for you, Mark) get together Insane Diego on Sunday, and the next thing you know, pictures of some dork with his gut hanging over the top tube of a racing trike is sheepishly stareing zombielike at some guys camera for all the world to see. Must be a riot to take that in. Kinda makes you glad you were somewhere else, huh.
Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA
"If man were meant to ride trikes; he would have been born with 3 legs" - Brian Baylis 2001
Big announcement regarding Velo Rendezvous comming later today (I hope).
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> It was a real treat to see Brian flying down Canon Drive on that racing
> trike, I could barely keep up with him, but it did put a bit of sweat on my
> upper lip to see him take those corners!
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> This contraption must be seen to be believed- I've post a few photos from
> yesterdays event so all could marvel at the trikes greatness-
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> http://www.bates-lee.org/
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> Greg Fletcher
> Foothill Ranch, CA